Saum, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Battle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56650. The Survey maps it on the Saum quadrangle. It stands 1,197 feet above sea level.
On record in Saum
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Saum Schoolslisted 1980 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1919 USGS Quiring quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Saum quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
285 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Saum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,514 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 70 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 221 |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 468 |
| 19 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE AGENCY |
| 14 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL336 |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 476 |
| 10 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 284 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saum in 17 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Saum | $100,000 | Reports of this tornado, along with video, were posted to social media, showing contact and an eastward track beginning over open water on Lower Red Lake. The tornado tracked onshore about four miles north-northwest of Battle River, and continued on an intermittent east-northeast track for nearly five miles, crossing Beltrami County 23 about four miles north of Saum. Large poplar and pine trees were snapped or uprooted along the damage path. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Saum | $100,000 | This tornado tracked eastward with numerous intermittent touchdowns along its roughly three mile track. Numerous trees were snapped and a couple of grain bins were toppled. Roof panels and walls were blown out of pole sheds and calving sheds were flipped. Insulation and roofing metal were strewn about. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Saum | - | Public reports quarter sized hail in Saum. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Saum | - | Public reports golf ball sized hail via pictures. Size estimated by pictures, time estimated by radar. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Saum | - | Hail across Northern Cormant Township, up to quarter size. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Saum | - | Large tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Saum | - | Dime to nickel sized hail fell along with strong winds. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saum | - | A Beltrami County deputy reported trees blown down onto county road 106, north of Saum and south of the country road 108 intersection. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saum | - | Poplar and pine trees were snapped to the east-southeast across western Woodrow and western Cormant townships. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saum | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Saum | - | The hail was mostly pea to marble size. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Saum | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell along with very intense lightning. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saum | - | Trees were blown down and a shed was destroyed. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Saum | - | The hail occurred in the town of Quiring. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Saum | - | An amateur radio operator reported a brief tornado touchdown. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Saum | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Saum | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Saum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22060263 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654932. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





